2007-08-02 08:03:03 · 8 answers · asked by Animal_crazy 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
how bout this?
1. Bare teeth (be a wolf, or what do sharks look like?)
2. Bark
3. Bark silently (whisper)
4. Beg
5. Toss a toy in the air
6. Bow
7. Circle around me
8. ***** your head to one side
9. Crawl
10. Did you wash your hands? (dog sits up in beg position but shows pads)
11. Dig
12. Fan the flames (two paws)
13. Cover your eyes
14. Gimme four (realistic version of gimme five)
15. Growl
16. Kiss
17. Let go of rope
18. Nod your head
19. Nose touch to hand
20. Nose touch to other objects (naming objects or just pointing)
21. Play dead
22. Prewash dishes for dishwasher (just wanted to see if you were paying attention)
23. Push things with paw (like doors, drawers)
24. Put paws on a person's shoulders
25. Ring bell by pulling string
26. Ring bell with nose
27. Ring bell with paw
28. Roll over
29. Rub muzzle on floor
30. Shake hands
31. Shake your head
32. Shake yourself
33. Sit on couch with front feet on ground
34. Stand up on rear legs (sooooo big!)
35. Speak
36. Speak LOUDLY!
37. Speak SOFTLY!
38. Spin
39. Wag tail
40. Walk backward
41. Wave
42. Sneeze
43. Where's your tail?
44. Whimper
45. Yawn
Level 2 difficulty:
46. Balance treat on nose, then toss it up in the air and catch it
47. Carry purse or other bag
48. Fetch newspaper
49. Fetch slippers
50. Find/bring keys
51. Find/bring dog dishes
52. Find/bring leash
53. Find/bring TV remote
54. Get a toy by name
55. Wiggle ears
56. Heel backward
57. Hide your eyes/paw over nose (shame on you/do you like tuna?)
58. Hide your head (nose touch under cushion or blanket)
59. Howl (heard the Spice Girls' latest CD?)
60. Keep barking until some subtle cue
61. Lead another dog by the leash
62. Limp
63. Moonwalk (scoot backward in a bow)
64. Open doors
65. Permit the wearing of sunglasses or hat
66. Pick a card (from a deck)
67. Pick the hammer (paw to indicate correct tool)
68. Pull a cart
69. Pull on harness: pulling kids on sled, pulling laundry basket or cart, pulling firewood
70. Pull on rope -- close doors, open doors, open cupboards, pull wheelchairs
71. Pull your wallet out of your pocket
72. Lower/raise head while lying down
73. Push something with the nose (e.g., ball)
74. Put a toy IN something
75. Ride a cart
76. Ride a skateboard
77. Roll in cued direction
78. Rub back on floor
79. Rub muzzle with paws
80. Smile
81. Shame on you (hide head under chair)
82. Sit in a chair, paws on table
83. Teabag search: Dog searches 3 people sitting on floor or chair for teabag held in their hand
84. Roll yourself up in a blanket or towel
85. Take a bow, twirl, and take a bow
86. Take money from someone else and bring it to you!
87. Walk sideways
88. Jump up into handler's arms
89. Weave between your legs
90. Climb a ladder
91. Dance
92. Fetch a hot dog
93. Kick balls with paws (soccer)
94. Lead people (take wrist gently in mouth and take them somewhere)
95. Learn names of family members and carry messages back and forth
96. Nose touch to designated colors or shapes
97. Ride a horse/llama/other dog
98. Roll over with ball between front paws
99. Stop dead on cue
100. Walk up stairs backward
101. Fetch beer from fridge
2007-08-02 08:15:15 · answer #1 · answered by ☺love~the~rain☺ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You seem to have loose leash trained her, and you have trained a fairly good recall, (which could be tested with a high value distraction), but you missed a very important step in the training process. You did not teach your dog to focus on you. This should begin immediately with a new pup, so that by the time the dog is an adolescent, you can draw the dogs attention back to you with a simple "watch me" command. No dog training can be executed 100% on a dog who does not have a solid "watch". This is why you are having trouble. The other poster gave you an excellent suggestion about clicker training. You can teach the "watch me" command with the clicker, and teach the dog to focus on you. Once you have her attention, then you can teach the heel, and many other commands. I would actually recommend you find a local clicker training class to participate in, a beginner class, that will teach you how to use a clicker effectively, and how to get your dog to focus on you.
2016-05-21 02:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by annett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get into dog agility or jumping. I jump my dog just about every day and I find new coarses to work on everyday and it has been years now. Take him out to a park with a woods and set up some natural jumps and take him over some cracks in the earth (not like a creek, but if there is an animal hole with a large opening that is long, have him jump over it) and try working on speed. My dog has jumped into dry creek beds, walked on ice (he fell through being stupid and I tried to rescue him and I fell too. It was only like five inch deep water though). jumped oxers, jumped logs, natural cracks, over water, climbed up steep dirt cliffs (just be under him and make sure it is not too big a climb and be under him to help him.) Just keep working on it and make it fun for both of you and make sure you don't push your dog too far or too much to where he can't do it.
2007-08-02 08:17:40 · answer #3 · answered by Tropical Kiwi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could teach him to dance! I saw it on some sort of Britian's most brainy dog programme and those types of dogs are really good at it. I'm not completely sure how they did it, I think they used a clicker. But you could google it and see what comes up for dog dancing! The dogs on the programme appeared to really enjoy it : )
2007-08-02 08:08:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are just a few of the tricks my dog does:
waltz
dance
paw
high five
flip a treat off her nose
plays dead to a gun made from my hand when I say BANG
roll over
stand up (hing legs)
beg up
sit up
speak
She also knows:
down, stay, heel, come, left, right, straight, forward, stop, sit, back up, pavement, drop it, pick it up, hold it, leave it.
2007-08-02 08:10:35 · answer #5 · answered by cms121979 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your dog is as smart as I hope, you can teach him/her to "choose" items.
One of our dogs in the past and one of our current dogs can find items by name. We say, "Get your ???" and she can find the right toy or goodie.
We have also taught them to distinguish left from right. This usually thrills the visitors when we go for walks and we say, "Go right" and the dogs head off!
Have you considered setting up a course or taking your dog to endurance training where they learn to go through courses? It's great for you and for your dog.
Basically try lots of things and see what happens. Tricks only amuse for awhile...displays of intelligence astounds people. It also gives your dog more mental activity, which border collies desperately need.
2007-08-02 08:11:29 · answer #6 · answered by GeriGeri 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can try agility. You can look up info on it, and teach him to jump through hula hoops or over a homemade jump. You can also teach him commands, such as roll over, heel, etc and use them to "dance". There are probably videos of this on youtube or somewhere.
2007-08-02 08:16:30 · answer #7 · answered by Akatsuki 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I taught one of my dog's to pray at the dinner table. They sit in a chair, put their paws on the table, and duck their head between the front legs. It is cute and his favorite food was chicken fettucini alfredo with broccoli.
My boyfriend at the time thought it was rediculous, well ~ didn't marry him!!!
LOL
2007-08-02 08:13:06 · answer #8 · answered by Kiki B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋